Think Atheist2015-03-04T00:45:23ZMichael Andrewshttp://www.thinkatheist.com/profile/MichaelAndrewshttp://api.ning.com/files/hntGIPltIXOThPG9mI1EZdH71KqNwgqNoDTcZKEYs5qHHDOJKCI4KMlJj8eB-fAz0M*op9uvRhlVA2MAqIE4QOHTAAWjL0iEEGS2bbVdohQ_/Photo28.jpg?width=48&height=48&crop=1%3A1http://www.thinkatheist.com/forum/topic/listForContributor?user=2yvjbtscdgyw3&feed=yes&xn_auth=noDoes God follow his WORD? Or is it --- do as I say and not as I do?tag:www.thinkatheist.com,2015-03-03:1982180:Topic:15192322015-03-03T14:29:14.037ZMichael Andrewshttp://www.thinkatheist.com/profile/MichaelAndrews
<p><font face="Calibri" size="3">Does God follow his WORD? Or is it --- do as I say and not as I do?</font></p>
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<p><font face="Calibri" size="3">Romans 12:21 Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.</font></p>
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<p><font face="Calibri" size="3">Job 2;3 And the LORD said unto Satan: 'Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a whole-hearted and an upright…</font></p>
<p><font face="Calibri" size="3">Does God follow his WORD? Or is it --- do as I say and not as I do?</font></p>
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<p><font face="Calibri" size="3">Romans 12:21 Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.</font></p>
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<p><font face="Calibri" size="3">Job 2;3 And the LORD said unto Satan: 'Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a whole-hearted and an upright man, one that feareth God, and shunneth evil? and he still holdeth fast his integrity, although thou didst move Me against him, to destroy him without cause.'</font></p>
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<p><font face="Calibri" size="3">From what I have read in scriptures, God does not follow the advice that he gives in his WORD. The above shows him overcome by evil and replying with evil.</font></p>
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<p><font face="Calibri" size="3">Matthew 5:48 Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.</font></p>
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<p><font face="Calibri" size="3">If we are to emulate God as scriptures say we should, should we too ignore his WORD the way he does?</font></p>
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<p><font face="Calibri" size="3">At the end of days and in many biblical stories of the past, God is overcome by evil and responds with evil while telling us we should respond with good.</font></p>
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<p><font face="Calibri" size="3">Which example should we follow; what God says or what God does?</font></p>
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<p><font face="Calibri" size="3">I think that if God is saying, --- do as I say and not as I do, ---- that that is an immoral example that only a satanic demiurge would say. Yet it appears that that is what God is saying.</font></p>
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<p><font face="Calibri"><font size="3">Should we follow God, --- or his advice and WORD?</font><font size="3"> </font></font></p>
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<p><font face="Calibri" size="3">They are not the same. One is good the other evil.</font></p>
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<p><font face="Calibri" size="3">Regards</font></p>
<p><font face="Calibri" size="3">DL</font></p>
<p></p> Objective thinkingtag:www.thinkatheist.com,2015-03-03:1982180:Topic:15191752015-03-03T05:48:40.073ZMichael Andrewshttp://www.thinkatheist.com/profile/MichaelAndrews
I don't understand why people can't think more objectively, and leave personal biased out of it. People have the hardest time accepting, and dealing with the truth because of this. I understand that attachment to an idea, or object, is part of human nature. But you have to decide what is more important; personal satisfaction, or the truth. Do you agree?
I don't understand why people can't think more objectively, and leave personal biased out of it. People have the hardest time accepting, and dealing with the truth because of this. I understand that attachment to an idea, or object, is part of human nature. But you have to decide what is more important; personal satisfaction, or the truth. Do you agree? So you knowtag:www.thinkatheist.com,2015-03-02:1982180:Topic:15189802015-03-02T17:40:10.559ZMichael Andrewshttp://www.thinkatheist.com/profile/MichaelAndrews
<p>I'm going in for cataract surgery tomorrow and I'm preparing for it today. I have no idea when I'll be posting regularly again. I'll just have to see how it goes. Maybe it'll be Wednesday, maybe a couple days after that, but if anyone mentions my absence, at least you'll know why. Archaeopteryx is telling me not to stress, so I'm trying not to but anything involving the eye...</p>
<p>So, anyway, that's what's up with the Un-One the next few days.</p>
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<p>I'm going in for cataract surgery tomorrow and I'm preparing for it today. I have no idea when I'll be posting regularly again. I'll just have to see how it goes. Maybe it'll be Wednesday, maybe a couple days after that, but if anyone mentions my absence, at least you'll know why. Archaeopteryx is telling me not to stress, so I'm trying not to but anything involving the eye...</p>
<p>So, anyway, that's what's up with the Un-One the next few days.</p>
<p></p> What Forms Do the Gifts Take that Folks Here Can Give to Others?tag:www.thinkatheist.com,2015-03-02:1982180:Topic:15189752015-03-02T05:47:14.090ZMichael Andrewshttp://www.thinkatheist.com/profile/MichaelAndrews
<p>On the Friends pages I see the words "Give a Gift" and wonder what, if anything, giving one may cost me.</p>
<p>What kinds have others given or received?</p>
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<p>On the Friends pages I see the words "Give a Gift" and wonder what, if anything, giving one may cost me.</p>
<p>What kinds have others given or received?</p>
<p></p> crop circles.tag:www.thinkatheist.com,2015-03-01:1982180:Topic:15188722015-03-01T11:33:28.386ZMichael Andrewshttp://www.thinkatheist.com/profile/MichaelAndrews
<p>Hi guys,still working with the crop circle phenomena. The energy output given out in the actions is real so further work is being done on the system.</p>
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<p>Hi guys,still working with the crop circle phenomena. The energy output given out in the actions is real so further work is being done on the system.</p>
<p></p> FCC votes 3-2 on "net neutrality" proposal.tag:www.thinkatheist.com,2015-02-28:1982180:Topic:15187792015-02-28T19:19:53.326ZMichael Andrewshttp://www.thinkatheist.com/profile/MichaelAndrews
<p>Is the recent FCC decision to support the "net neutrality" proposal going to be a win-win situation for online internet small businesses and everyday users such as yourself? Or will we likely see increases in our internet access charges as the result of new regulatory fees being implemented?</p>
<p>I personally don't want to take a backseat to larger online companies who can afford to pay for access to fast track data lines which could impede or hamper the speeds at which my personal data is…</p>
<p>Is the recent FCC decision to support the "net neutrality" proposal going to be a win-win situation for online internet small businesses and everyday users such as yourself? Or will we likely see increases in our internet access charges as the result of new regulatory fees being implemented?</p>
<p>I personally don't want to take a backseat to larger online companies who can afford to pay for access to fast track data lines which could impede or hamper the speeds at which my personal data is currently received/transmitted. I support the decision even if it means a <strong>small</strong> increase in my monthly charges.</p>
<p>"But Democrats on the commission hailed the plan. To charges that the plan represents a secret scheme to regulate the Internet, Wheeler (FCC chairman) said: "Nonsense." </p>
<p>He claimed it was no more a plan to regulate the Internet "than the First Amendment is a plan to regulate free speech." </p>
<p></p> Avijit Roy, an atheist who advocated secularism murderedtag:www.thinkatheist.com,2015-02-28:1982180:Topic:15189142015-02-28T13:02:34.765ZMichael Andrewshttp://www.thinkatheist.com/profile/MichaelAndrews
<p>I just read this on the BBC web site and I think all of us in the community should morn his passing. Theocratic murderers will continue to try and slow the growth of atheism, but they cannot win. Reason and humanism will prevail. As Christopher Hitchens said, “Violent, irrational, intolerant, allied to racism and tribalism and bigotry, invested in ignorance and hostile to free inquiry, contemptuous of women and coercive toward children: organized religion ought to have a great deal on its…</p>
<p>I just read this on the BBC web site and I think all of us in the community should morn his passing. Theocratic murderers will continue to try and slow the growth of atheism, but they cannot win. Reason and humanism will prevail. As Christopher Hitchens said, “Violent, irrational, intolerant, allied to racism and tribalism and bigotry, invested in ignorance and hostile to free inquiry, contemptuous of women and coercive toward children: organized religion ought to have a great deal on its conscience.”</p>
<p><a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-31656222">http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-31656222</a></p> Remembering Leonard Nimoy ('Mr. Spock' on Star Trek)tag:www.thinkatheist.com,2015-02-28:1982180:Topic:15187422015-02-28T02:34:54.337ZMichael Andrewshttp://www.thinkatheist.com/profile/MichaelAndrews
<p>Star Trek actor and director Leonard Nimoy has died at the age of 83. Are you a fan of Star Trek? Did Star Trek or the Mr. Spock character have any influence on your life? If so, in what way? Please share your comments and memories.</p>
<p><a href="http://api.ning.com:80/files/pl2AfYSHdf3JE25anZT3MQbBkJs0a-fCQv7a5f7Ush0jD6mtyrZVRsWMbeZEvAX12Ykyi7wanHtWfUlr06PjkH60kXcK-2lR/SPOCKmrspock35423717500451.jpg" target="_self"><img class="align-full" height="308" src="http://api.ning.com:80/files/pl2AfYSHdf3JE25anZT3MQbBkJs0a-fCQv7a5f7Ush0jD6mtyrZVRsWMbeZEvAX12Ykyi7wanHtWfUlr06PjkH60kXcK-2lR/SPOCKmrspock35423717500451.jpg" width="342"></img></a> I've been a Star Trek fan since my early grade school years,…</p>
<p>Star Trek actor and director Leonard Nimoy has died at the age of 83. Are you a fan of Star Trek? Did Star Trek or the Mr. Spock character have any influence on your life? If so, in what way? Please share your comments and memories.</p>
<p><a target="_self" href="http://api.ning.com:80/files/pl2AfYSHdf3JE25anZT3MQbBkJs0a-fCQv7a5f7Ush0jD6mtyrZVRsWMbeZEvAX12Ykyi7wanHtWfUlr06PjkH60kXcK-2lR/SPOCKmrspock35423717500451.jpg"><img class="align-full" src="http://api.ning.com:80/files/pl2AfYSHdf3JE25anZT3MQbBkJs0a-fCQv7a5f7Ush0jD6mtyrZVRsWMbeZEvAX12Ykyi7wanHtWfUlr06PjkH60kXcK-2lR/SPOCKmrspock35423717500451.jpg" height="308" width="342"/></a>I've been a Star Trek fan since my early grade school years, watching the original series in my bedroom on an old black-and-white rabbit-ears TV. Since then, I've seen every Star Trek episode in every Star Trek series (no overstatement) over the years. It was Mr. Spock and Star Trek that first sparked my lifelong interest in science, technology, knowledge, logic and reason.</p> Atheist blogger hacked to deathtag:www.thinkatheist.com,2015-02-27:1982180:Topic:15186732015-02-27T17:06:26.058ZMichael Andrewshttp://www.thinkatheist.com/profile/MichaelAndrews
<p>This CBC news article caught my eye and I think it is worth discussion:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/atheist-blogger-hacked-to-death-with-machetes-in-dhaka-bangladesh-1.2975077" target="_blank">Atheist blogger hacked to death with machetes in Dhaka, Bangladesh</a></p>
<p>I don't want this to turn into fuel for the 'Islam is a religion of violence' campaign. Christianity is used to justify the burning-alive of gays in Uganda. I do, however, see this as further evidence that…</p>
<p>This CBC news article caught my eye and I think it is worth discussion:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/atheist-blogger-hacked-to-death-with-machetes-in-dhaka-bangladesh-1.2975077" target="_blank">Atheist blogger hacked to death with machetes in Dhaka, Bangladesh</a></p>
<p>I don't want this to turn into fuel for the 'Islam is a religion of violence' campaign. Christianity is used to justify the burning-alive of gays in Uganda. I do, however, see this as further evidence that religion has dangerous potential and the illiterate should not be exposed to it.</p>
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<p></p> It Seems Like Yahweh WANTS Sin To Occurtag:www.thinkatheist.com,2015-02-27:1982180:Topic:15186622015-02-27T07:37:04.251ZMichael Andrewshttp://www.thinkatheist.com/profile/MichaelAndrews
<p>After considering the Holy Bible from my atheist point of view, I get the impression that Yahweh created humans KNOWING that they could sin and, perhaps, hoping that they would sin so He could implement His master plan for human redemption: harvest those that are totally obedient to his commands. Never mind all the billions of people who will suffer and die to make this plan work. And between Adam &amp; Eve and the New Jerusalem is the span of time where this deity feels all of His temper…</p>
<p>After considering the Holy Bible from my atheist point of view, I get the impression that Yahweh created humans KNOWING that they could sin and, perhaps, hoping that they would sin so He could implement His master plan for human redemption: harvest those that are totally obedient to his commands. Never mind all the billions of people who will suffer and die to make this plan work. And between Adam &amp; Eve and the New Jerusalem is the span of time where this deity feels all of His temper tantrums are justified because humans are stubborn and they won't listen to Him---even though He gave them the ability to make their own choices. The sins of mankind sets the stage for this god to act like a drama queen (instead of a mature, enlightened adult) and kill large numbers of people with natural disasters &amp; diseases. </p>
<p>When I try to make logical sense of all this, I feel like banging my head against a wall. I really don't understand how Yahweh has anything to do with morality. The concepts of good and evil in the Holy Bible are ambivalent. If I'm a member of Yahweh's chosen people, I can invade another country, steal jewelry, kill babies, rape virgin women, and still be "righteous" as long as I'm obeying His commandments. However, as a lesser being with a conscience, I don't believe Yahweh is a righteous character in the Holy Bible. And, ironically, I wonder why Satan is considered to be evil when there's no account of him raping, robbing, or murdering anyone? I mean, is this the best mankind can do when it comes to teaching morality or creating social order? To me, there's something wrong with the obedience = righteousness/disobedience = sin model of behavior. </p>